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Domestic Boiler. No. 86,428. Patented Feb. 2. 1869.

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Letters Patent'No. 86,428,

dated February 2, 1869.

CULINARY BOILER W The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent andmaking part of the same.

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, S. P. Looms, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Sheet-Metal Cooking-Utensils; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the, art to make and use the same,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

The figure is a vertical section of a saucepan, illustrating myimprovement.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction ofsaucepans, bake-pans, and other sheetmetal cooking-utensils, in such away that the vessels so constructed may wholly prevent the scorching orburning of the substance being boiled, stewed, baked, or otherwisecooked; and

It consists in forming the bottom of the utensil with a double bottom,the space between said bottoms being filled with powdered chalk,magnesia, plaster of Paris, or equivalent material, as hereinafter morefully described.

' A represents the body of the vessel, the sides of which may bevertical or inclined, and which may be circular or rectangular in itscross-section, the form being wholly immaterial. The lower edges of thesides of the body A are turned out at right angles to the vertical axisof said utensil, as shown in the drawing.

B is the inner bottom of the vessel, the middle part of whichis struckup into the form of an inverted dish, so as to fit into the lower partof the body A of the vessel, while its edges extend out beneath theprojecting edges of the body A, as shown in the drawing.

0 is the outer bottom of the vessel, the edges of which are turned uparound and over the edges of the inner bottom B and body A, forming asingle seam, as shown in the drawing.

' The seam is soldered upon the inner side of the body A, or upon bothinner and outer sides of said body, as may be desired.

The space between the inner bottom, B, and the outer bottom, 0, isfilled with powdered chalk, magnesia, plaster of Paris, or equivalentsubstance that cannot be heated to a red heat, without being exposed toa higher temperature than it can be exposed to while the utensil isbeing used for cooking-purposes.

With vessels thus constructed, as has been found by actual experiment,substances the most delicate and the most liable to be scorched, may beheated, boiled, baked, or otherwise cooked, with out the remotest chanceof their being burned during the operation.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new,- and desireto secure by Letters Patent-- Forming thebottoms of sheet-metal cooking-utensils double,'and with the spacebetween said bottoms filled with powdered chalk, magnesia, plaster ofParis, or equivalent substance, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 23d day ofOctober, 1868.

S. P. DOOMIS:

Witnesses:

E. GREENE GoLLrNs, JAMES '1. GRAHAM.

